5 Ableton Live Shortcuts

Get your work done faster with these Ableton Live Digital Audio Workstation Software’s shortcuts.

1: CMD + , – Ableton Preferences
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2: CMD + T – Crates a new Audio Track, CMD + SHIFT + T – Creates a new Midi Track.

3: TAB – This Key toggles between the Session View and The Arrangement View in Ableton.
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4: Transport Bar:
SPACE BAR – This Plays and Stops the play head, when pressed again, the track will being playing again from the start of the selected position on the arrangement, pressing SHIFT+SPACE will continue the track (resumes) from where it was paused.

5: CMD + K, CMD + M: These let you assign any Key on the keyboard (CMD + K) to the available controls, and CMD + K will let you assign controls to any midi controller.
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There are many shortcuts that make the production workflow on ableton very smooth and fast, try these and let your workflow flourish!